Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date
1887-1903
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
EQUIPMENT-Test
Manufacturer
Smithsonian Institution
Physical Description
Small, horizontal, cylinder-shaped tank (w/bent tubing). Please refer to Model "E", ("Alcohol Aeolipiles"), "Langley Memoir of Mechanical Flight", p.57. pl 12" for reference. The pictures in the "Media File" of TMS are the same referenced in Langley's memoirs.
Dimensions
3-D: 18.1 × 8.3 × 6.7cm (7 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)
Storage: 24.8 × 14.6 × 11.7cm (9 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Materials
Copper Alloy
Ferrous Alloy
Solder
Inventory Number
A19820784000
Credit Line
Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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